PewDiePie has changed his mind about donating $50,000 (£40,496) to a charity that campaigns to stop hate speech against Jewish people.
Earlier this week, he told fans he would give the money to the Anti Defamation League – a group which has previously criticised the YouTuber.
The gamer and comedian announced the donation to mark hitting 100 million followers on YouTube.
But he has since reconsidered, saying he was “sorry for messing this up.”
“I made the mistake of picking a charity I was advised to instead of picking a charity that I’m personally passionate about, which is 100% my fault,” the Swedish star, real name Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, says.
“Usually when I pick a charity I take my time. I find a charity I’m really excited about and actually passionate to donate to, so when I uploaded the video talking about the charity, it was very brief and people could something was off.
“I saw it as an opportunity to put an end to these alt-right claims that have been thrown against me. It wasn’t to try and clear my name or save grace. If it was I would have done it years ago.”
In 2017, Disney cut ties with PewDiePie after he posted several videos featuring anti-Semitic images.
These include swastikas drawn by a fan and footage of two Indians he paid to hold up a sign which read “death to all Jews.”
In the wake of the controversy, he said he was simply trying to “show how crazy the modern world is” and that people “would say anything for five dollars” but added that he understood that “these jokes were ultimately offensive”.
He has since distanced himself from the far-right.
He said he was prompted to make a donation after his name was linked to this year’s mass-shooting that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand.
But fans had suggested he had been pressured into making the donation to the organisation, who had criticised his previous actions.
